Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1897, Irene Curies was the first of the Curies’ two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sevigne in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military Medal by the French government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother’s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity (輻射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.
【小題1】Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal?
A.Because she received a degree in mathematics. |
B.Because she contributed to saving the wounded. |
C.Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic |
D.Because she worked as a helper to her mother. |
A.At the Curie Institute. | B.At the University of Paris. |
C.At a military hospital. | D.At the College of Sevigne. |
A.In 1932. | B.In 1927. | C.In 1897. | D.In 1926. |
A.Irene worked with radioactivity. |
B.Irene combined family and career. |
C.Irene won the Nobel Prize once. |
D.Irene died from leukemia. |
【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
解析試題分析:居里夫人是第一個(gè)獲得諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的女子,也是第一個(gè)獲得兩次諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的人。然而,很少有人知道,她的女兒也獲得過諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。居里夫人的女兒Irene跟隨母親從事鐳元素的研究,與丈夫一起獲得了諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。遺憾的是,Irene跟母親一樣,也是因輻射患上了白血病。
【小題1】根據(jù)第三段“Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military Medal by the French government.”可知,Irene幫助她的媽媽研發(fā)治療傷者的X射線設(shè)備,為救治傷員作出了貢獻(xiàn),故選B。
【小題2】根據(jù)第四段“In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love...”可知,Irene在Curie Institute遇到了她的丈夫,故選A。
【小題3】根據(jù)第四段“Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.”可知,他們的第二個(gè)孩子是在1927年有了第一個(gè)孩子之后的第五年,即1932年出生的,故選A。
【小題4】根據(jù)最后一段“Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize ...also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity”可知,Irene和她媽媽一樣,兼顧家庭和事業(yè),被授予諾貝爾獎(jiǎng),由于從事的工作與輻射有關(guān),她和媽媽一樣得了白血病,根據(jù)第一段“the first person to win it twice”可知,居里夫人兩次獲得諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。故選C。
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I made a web page with links to posts about our financial journey where you can look for more details of where we’ve been and how we got where we are now. It was a big part of my story in the past and was a huge part of our downsizing journey. We got out of debt and stayed out of debt.
So I feel eager to share the benefits of being on this side. It takes planning and more careful thought whenever a dollar is spent now than it did when I had a wallet full of credit cards. I now like to think all of my dollars having a job. So many of us work for money and don’t consider that money should work for us, too. Make your dollars do the job of helping you live the life you want.
Each time money is spent or saved, it should be going toward something that you purposefully want for your life. Last week I was out and I spent $20 on food in 3 days. It made me angry because afterward I thought about eating is not at all what for my life.
On the other hand, there are times I spend $20 while out with my family and it doesn’t bother me one bit. An afternoon out with my kids during which we stop for ice cream, and do something fun together has a completely different feel to it.
In the end, I want the dollars I spend to have purpose like I can enjoy life while still planning and saving for the future.
【小題1】What do the underlined words “green paper” in Paragraph I refer to ______.
A.money | B.work | C.newspaper | D.book |
A.by making a web page |
B.by reading posts about their financial journey |
C.by going on a financial journey |
D.by writing to him |
A.more credit cards should be used in our daily life |
B.we should work hard to make more money |
C.money should help us live better |
D.saving money is very easy |
A.Because the money is spent on food. |
B.Because the money is spent in doing something fun. |
C.Because eating is what he wanted for his life. |
D.Because the money went toward something that he wanted for his life. |
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After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
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made me pay him $770.
Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.
【小題1】The author’s roommate offered to help him because________.
A.he felt sorry for the author |
B.he thought it was a chance to make some money |
C.he knew the doctor was a very good one |
D.he wanted the author to have a good lawyer |
A.be properly treated |
B.talk with the person responsible for the accident |
C.recover before he leaves America |
D.eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury |
A.friendly | B.selfish | C.professional | D.busy |
A.Going to court is something very common in America. |
B.One must be very careful while driving a car. |
C.There are more bad sides in America than good sides. |
D.Money is more important than other things in the US. |
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I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversation—interrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some time.
Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.
I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted to—though for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.
【小題1】The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _______.
A.he wanted to record the numbers for his research |
B.he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was working |
C.he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording started |
D.he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted to record |
A.get a natural recording of his friends’ conversation |
B.stay away from too much drinking with his friends |
C.bring a telephone into the front room |
D.a(chǎn)nswer a long distance phone call |
A.he had to answer a phone call |
B.he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinks |
C.he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friends |
D.he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recording |
A.The writer destroyed the tape. |
B.The writer’s friends destroyed the tape. |
C.The writer did tell his friends what had happened. |
D.The writer’s friends like to drink. |
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The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T.6.The two men became f'ast friends and would go on camping trips together.When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race.At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison.When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford:“ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings.I can only say that he is my friend." Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931.
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The test tube itself didn't turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford's passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History" in the Henry Ford Museum.It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison's Last Breath".
There is a further mystery of this “l(fā)ast breath" test tube. It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison's last breath.
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning.Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards .their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.
【小題1】The passage can be sorted as a .
A.science research | B.short story | C.news report | D.self-introduction |
A.Edison envied what Ford had achieved |
B.Edison was annoyed that Ford did better him |
C.Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea |
D.Edison was extremely amazed at Ford's new idea |
A.to remind Edison was Ford's role model |
B.to suggest Ford was a man of strange behavior |
C.to tell us the importance of a creative idea then |
D.to show the close friendship between Henry Ford and Edison |
A.a(chǎn) symbol of a friendship and memory |
B.a(chǎn) witness to a scientific breakthrough |
C.a(chǎn) failure to bring Edison back to life |
D.a(chǎn) sign of the two inventors' poor behavior |
A.Great minds think alike |
B.Nobody is perfect |
C.Two heads are better than one |
D.A friend in need is a friend indeed |
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When I was fourteen, I earned money in the summer by cutting lawns (草坪), and within a few weeks I had built up a body of customers. I got to know people by the flowers they planted that I had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or stuck in the ground on purpose. I reached the point with most of them when I knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. And I learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the month—or not at all.
Mr. Ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. On one day, he had no change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, and on another, he was simply out when I knocked on his door. Still, except for the money, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when he’d seen me from a distance. I figured it was a thin retirement check, or maybe a work-related injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. Surely, I kept record of the total, but I didn’t worry about the amount too much. Grass was grass, and Mr. Ballou’s property didn’t take long to trim (修剪).
Then, one late afternoon in mid-July, the hottest time of the year, I was walking by his house and he opened the door, mentioned me to come inside. The hall was cool, shaded, and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to the dim light.
“I owe you,” Mr. Ballou, “but…”
I thought I’d save him the trouble of thinking of a new excuse. “No problem. Don’t worry about it.”
“The bank made a mistake in my account,” he continued, ignoring my words. “It will be cleared up in a day or two. But in the meantime I thought perhaps you could choose one or two volumes for a down payment (首期付款).
He gestured toward the walls and I saw that books were stacked (堆放) everywhere. It was like a library, except with no order to the arrangement.
“Take your time,” Mr. Ballou encouraged. “Read, borrow, keep. Find something you like. What do you read?”
“I don’t know.” And I didn’t. I generally read what was in front of me, what I could get from the paperback stacked at the drugstore, what I found at the library, magazines, the back of cereal boxes, comics. The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me, but, I realized, not without appeal-- so I started to look through the piles of books.
“You actually read all of these?”
“This isn’t much,” Mr. Ballou said. “This is nothing, just what I’ve kept, the ones worth looking at a second time.”
“Pick for me, then.”
He raised his eyebrows, cocked his head, and regarded me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment, he nodded, searched through a stack, and handed me a dark red hardbound (精裝本) book, fairly thick.
“The Last of the Just,” I read. “By Andre Schwarz-Bart. What’s it about?”
“You tell me,” he said. “Next week.”
I started after supper, sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair. Within a few pages, the yard, the summer, disappeared, and I was thrown into the aching tragedy of the Holocaust, the extraordinary clash of good, represented by one decent man, and evil. Translated from French, the language was elegant, simple, impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside, reading all through the night.
To this day, thirty years later, I vividly remember the experience. It was my first voluntary encounter (接觸、遇到) with world literature, and I was stunned (震驚) by the concentrated power a novel could contain. I lacked the vocabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words. So the next week when Mr. Ballou asked, “Well?” I only replied, “It was good.”
“Keep it, then,” he said. “Shall I suggest another?”
I nodded, and was presented with the paperback (平裝本) edition of Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa ( a very important book on the study of the social and cultural development of peoples-- anthropology (人類學(xué))).
To make two long stories short, Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for cutting his grass that year or the next, but for fifteen years I taught anthropology at Dartmouth College. Summer reading was not the innocent entertainment I had assumed it to be, not a light-hearted, instantly forgettable escape in a hammock (吊床) (though I have since enjoyed many of those, too). A book, if it arrives before you at the right moment, in the proper season, at an internal in the daily business of things, will change the course of all that follows.
【小題1】The author found the first book Mr. Ballou gave him _________.
A.light-hearted and enjoyable |
B.dull but well written |
C.impossible to put down |
D.difficult to understand |
A.read all books twice |
B.did not do much reading |
C.read more books than he kept |
D.preferred to read hardbound books |
A.started studying anthropology at college |
B.continued to cut Mr. Ballou’s lawn |
C.spent most of his time lazing away in a hammock |
D.had forgotten what he had read the summer before |
A.summer jobs are really good for young people |
B.you should insist on being paid before you do a job |
C.a(chǎn) good book can change the direction of your life |
D.a(chǎn) book is like a garden carried in the pocket |
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It’s such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it’s pedestrian-friendly(對(duì)行人友善的), too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in Palm Beach country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.
It’s a library built with love.
A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization that aims to promote literacy(讀書識(shí)字) and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That’s what we’re going to do for our spring break!”
Son Austin, now a 10th-grader, didn’t see the point of building a library that resembles(類似) a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified(修飾) a small wooden house that he’d built years earlier for daughter Abbie’s toy horses, and made a door of glass.
After adding the library’s final touches (裝點(diǎn)), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.
They stocked it with 20 or so books they’d already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids’ favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said Janey, a stay-at-home mom.
Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (補(bǔ)充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.
The project’s best payoff, says Peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.”
【小題1】In what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”?
A.It owns a yellow roof. |
B.It protects book lovers from the sun. |
C.It stands near a sidewalk. |
D.It uses palm-tree stickers as decorations. |
A.a(chǎn) report on a Wisconsin-based organization |
B.a(chǎn) spring break with her family |
C.a(chǎn) book sent by one of her neighbors |
D.a(chǎn) visit to Brian Williams |
A.by a ship supply company | B.on the basis of toy horses |
C.with glass | D.like a mailbox |
A.get paid to collect books for the library |
B.receive thank-you notes for using the library |
C.donate books to the library |
D.visit the library over 5 times on average daily |
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Some people succeed in unbelievable ways.
Roussel was orphaned at the age of eight and went to live with his grandfather. He built on the music he had learned from his mother, entertaining himself by reading through the family music collection and playing his favorite songs on the piano.
Three years later, Roussel’s grandfather died, and his aunt adopted him. Her husband arranged for young Albert to take regular piano lessons. Summer vacations at a Belgian seaside resort added a second love to his life -- the sea. He studied to be a naval cadet (海軍學(xué)員), but still made time to study music.
In the French Navy, while he served on a warship based at Cherbourg, he and two friends found the time to play the music of Beethoven and other composes (作曲家). Roussel also began composing. At the Church of the Trinity in Cherbourg on Christmas Day 1892, he had his first performance as a composer.
That success encouraged Roussel to write a wedding march, and one of his fellow offices offered to show it to a well-known conductor (指揮家), Edouard Colonne. When Roussel’s friend returned with the manuscript (手稿), he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music.
Not long afterwards, at the age of 25, Roussel did just that. He applied characters that he had developed in the navy to his composing and became a major force in twentieth century French music. As for Eduoard Colonne’s inspiring advice that Roussel devote his life to music, Roussel's navy friend later admitted that he had made it up and that he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the conductor.
【小題1】Which of the following shows the right order of the story?
a. Roussel gave up his naval career.
b. Roussel was adopted by his aunt.
c. Roussel read through the family music collection.
d. Roussel had his first performance as a composer in Cherbourg.
A.c, b, d, a | B.b. c, d, a | C.b, c, a. d | D.c, b, a, d |
A.his mother | B.the husband of his aunt |
C.his navy friend | D.Edouard Colonne |
A.Roussel's aunt adopted him after his grandfather died. |
B.Roussel read through the family music collection in his grandfather's. |
C.Colonne advised Roussel to give up his naval career and devote his life to music. |
D.If Roussel hadn't joined the navy, he might not have achieved so much. |
A.A clever musician | B.A white lie |
C.A helpful conductor | D.A great manuscript |
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About a year ago,if you had asked who Dinara Safina was,the answer would have been,“She is Marat Safin’s younger sister.” She was overshadowed by her wonder brother.But now she has made a name for herself:the world No.1 player in women’s tennis.
The 22yearold Russian overtook Serena Williams of the US for top ranking on April 20.“Before,every place I go,I am Marat’s sister.Nothing else,”she told New York Times.“I always wanted to be myself,and now finally the results come,and people can know me as Dinara Safina.”
Safina has made it to two great event finals,in the 2008 French and in the 2009 Australian Open,and won a silver medal in the Beijing Olympic Games.
Clearly,family isn’t the only connection Safina and her brother share.Their DNA burns with competitive fire.Safin has held the distinction for years of being a hottempered player on court.When he lost his temper,he would smash a racket (球拍).Safina is as emotionally explosive as her brother.A headline in the newspaper The Australian once described her as “mad as a snake”.The Sydney Morning Herald,during the Australian Open,summed up Safina’s volatile (不穩(wěn)定的) emotional state with the headline—Safina goes from basket case to top of the world.
It’s not rare for a family to have two top tennis players.Safina’s father owns a tennis academy and her mother worked as a coach.“I had no choice but to become a tennis player,but I don’t mind being a tennis player,” Safina said.
From this talented family she is also given one of her best weapons on court,her size.She is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 70kg.But it is hard work that led her to her recent success.
“I hope to prove to everyone over the coming months that I deserve the honor of being world No.1,”she said.
【小題1】What is the passage mainly about?
A.How Safina came first in women’s tennis. |
B.How the parents taught Safina to play tennis. |
C.How her brother helped Safina play tennis. |
D.How Safina beat her brother in playing tennis. |
A.Her hard work and strong competitiveness. |
B.Her emotional explosion and volatile emotional state. |
C.The fact that she is 1.82 meters tall and weighs 70kg. |
D.The fact that her parents are both good tennis players. |
A.Serena Williams was topped by Safina on ranking list on April 20. |
B.Dinara Safina was always very confident and eager to succeed. |
C.Safina was eager to become a tennis player when she was a child. |
D.Marat Safin won the two finals,in the 2008 French and in the 2009 Australian Open. |
A.Safina wanted to top the world in tennis when she was a baby in a basket. |
B.After she won the Australian Open,Dinara Safina cried. |
C.Too nervous at first,Safina finally gained confidence and won. |
D.Safina learnt from the basket case and finally came top of the world. |
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